The Darkest Episode of Evangelion (EPILEPSY WARNING)

[@xxcg724xx]

no offense, but a little epilepsy warning would be nice

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@xxcg724xx I’m sorry I’ll change description first line will have it. Someone else commented and I didn’t even think about it.

[@bimates2690]

Flashing lights warning. Not everyone has epilepsy, but not everyone wants to get flashed like that either.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@bimates2690 it’s in the description now

[@blagamer3]

​​@@NickRowleyFilmsno ones bothers to read the description,you could at least put it in the title of the video but that's up to you.also great video btw.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@blagamer3 thank you, I’m hoping people will read the description and the pinned comment, but if they don’t and I get more comments about it I’ll add it to the title, not sure how that will affect the video in the algorithm tho so I’m scared to do it.

[@vellayiikintherealworld]

Asuka is a character that is designed to be disliked, she is constantly rude to everyone, and is annoying to the one person she isn’t rude to. They make you want to see her get punished for all her actions. But they don’t punish her. They brutally torture her. This makes you consider how you really felt about this all. It makes you think if Asuka is a bad person or a damaged one. It makes me question her and everything that’s happened to her. This is one of the reasons why Asuka is in my top 3 favorite characters in Eva.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@vellayiikintherealworld exactly. Thanks for watching.

[@thatguy3332]

I didn't hate her at all honestly.

[@Random_User-zu1mp]

You can be both bad and damaged, and being damaged doesn't excuse you to be a bad person. I feel bad for Asuka, but if I would be around her I would honestly have no Empathy with her. Because there are a lot of damaged people out there, and even in the show, like Shinji, who despite going through what he did, still is as nice as he can be to everyone around him. (If he is actually being nice because he cares or if he is only nice in order to be validated and if that matters is another debate, but I'm trying to set an example here). But still, I view Asuka as one of the most well-written characters in the whole show.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Random_User-zu1mp I agree, I commented somewhere about that. It’s no excuse, but rather an explanation. I still have empathy for her however. It’s just a sad situation overall.

[@ratsandmice1612]

She's still annoying to me. She has a sad back sorry, but she's still a bitch.

[@REALAHMADBAYOUSEF]

Asuka's downfall is lowkye horrifying

[@REALAHMADBAYOUSEF]

no highkey

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Agreed! Thanks for watching!

[@Collegealgebra17]

Yeah i watched it too ofcourse thats why i clicked it. It was just so idk i was kinda finding it silly saying how its raping her mind but then it snapped.

[@heckincat1406]

Just finished NGE and EoE, and man you're so right. This is an amazing yet heartwrenching series. I'll never forget this, and this episode either.

[@Jibberjabber223]

She fell off ong

[@potatoDLR]

This is absolutely the point when they punish you for learning to hate Asuka.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

True! It puts everything under a new light.

[@thesimpcardd]

exactly!! i used to hate her so much until i understood what she's been through. because in a way, we all relate to asuka.

[@RainbowGod666]

​@@NickRowleyFilms issue When i saw evangelion the first time years ago, i went "das karma four you german girl" Granted catharsis hits me so hard ill probably never substance ever but I dont think thats all of it really

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@RainbowGod666 i mean in a way its karma but I don't think anyone deserves what she has gone through.

[@paskahousu6438]

i was like ”haha get fuckd narcissist” and after a while i was like ”damn i feel bit bad”

[@BenParkes-wz5bd]

This is the kind of thing that makes you struggle to hate on other people for being nasty, but they're just traumatized.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Trauma is no excuse for being nasty imo but it is an explanation of why people are the way they are. Asuka shouldn’t have been nasty to everyone, but it makes sense why she was.

[@BenParkes-wz5bd]

@@NickRowleyFilms Yeah man its tough. I waste a lot of time thinking about that stuff.

[@BandanaDog39]

⁠@@NickRowleyFilmsI agree. As someone who tries to have compassion for people who have done bad things and hope they can change, youre still responsible for your actions. Hating yourself and your trauma doesn’t excuse it. I believe there’s more to a person than their actions(both past and present) but they’re still important. With that said, though I had wanted to understand Asuka since her introduction, and wanted her to confront the nastier parts of herself, I firmly believe that she did not deserve this. I don’t think does, really.

[@SteveBufz]

​@@BandanaDog39bad actions ≠trauma. Bad actions are different Trauma is different Bad behavior is due to trauma not bad actions

[@LailaRobinson-bn3cq]

@@NickRowleyFilmsFr

[@Shaveyle]

It’s so nice that people still analyze Evangelion to this day. It really shows how influential it still is to this day.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Shaveyle one of the most influential anime of all time imo. It’s been referenced in so much media, western and eastern. Thanks for watching!

[@Shaveyle]

@@NickRowleyFilms Yeah, so its great that you made a video on the series!

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Shaveyle most my videos are about Evangelion lol but that’s just because people seem to like them!

[@Reed3527]

Most of the characters in this show could really use a hug ☹️

[@NickRowleyFilms]

That is true. Love from someone would've saved most these characters. Thanks for watching!

[@notme8232]

Too bad they're too busy Hedgehog's Dilemmaing to accept one.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@notme8232 facts

[@notme8232]

@@NickRowleyFilms If you tried to hug anyone in this show, you'd only hit their A.T. Field.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

That’s a good way to put it!

[@MegaBoiLu]

This episode still gives me shivers to this day. Asuka’s mind not only gets defiled by an other worldly being, but she is forced to witness the darkest moments of her life. It’s a horrifying thing to think about happening to anyone, which makes all the more sad it happens to someone who is in deep need of help.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@MegaBoiLu I love the concept of a being attacking another like this, but it is deeply terrifying. Poor Asuka. Thanks for watching!

[@Boxofcare666]

That is what ptsd is

[@naingaung2748]

Asuka is literally me. Without the mental baggage. I’m german.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

W

[@rando29287]

are you a redhead with a preference for the color red and who’s experienced a wacky scenario whilst in a coma?

[@Simon_Dunkaccino]

@@rando29287 well they did say without the mental baggage

[@matthewlugo2417]

Single?

[@rast4841]

Well, I am german redhead with depression and low self-esteem. Nge helped me more than any of my therapists😅 For real, I never felt understood till i watched nge. Thank you Hideaki Anno❤

[@oliyes406]

I feel so sorry for Asuka, she was born ginger...

[@NickRowleyFilms]

You should feel bad for me too then

[@oliyes406]

@@NickRowleyFilms my condolences

[@Pavel_Ivanovich_batov]

​@@NickRowleyFilmswhat does it mean?

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Pavel_Ivanovich_batov being born ginger?

[@Pavel_Ivanovich_batov]

@@NickRowleyFilms yes does that mean having orange hair?

[@akiro7640]

I feel like asuka is insane to herself mentally. Like... She's rude to shinji and doesn't have any care to everyone except kaji(i think?) And despite being mean to everyone, shes also mean to her own self, not even wanting support from anyone, not even herself To sum it all off, i think she's mentally hurting herself (You can prove me wrong)

[@NickRowleyFilms]

No she definitely is, but when you have mental issues from trauma it makes sense why she would hate everyone including herself. She not only blames everyone, but also herself, for all the issues in her life.

[@fluffcake]

A lot of times, I feel in a similar position to Asuka. Her psychology is really interesting and scarily realistic to a child who has gone through horrific trauma. The way she’s written is also really clever too. You think she’s more of an angry girl but she’s more than that. Poor Jueves girl

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@fluffcake yeah I agree. Thanks for watching!

[@ZA-en4bb]

A really neat detail about this episode is that they cut out the intro. This is the only episode that does this and I think it's because the intro focuses a lot around Shinji. It could also just be because it wouldn't flow well with the scene with Asuka and Kaji.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@ZA-en4bb yeah that is really interesting that this is the only one that does this! Thanks for watching!

[@fluffcake]

No funky cruel angel’s thesis to get you up. Just fear and misery.

[@jazzy8834]

Asuka is such a well written character, either you love her or hate her but the way her personality is crafted in a way in which you cannot help but emphasize with her by the end of the story is amazing. I really enjoyed your video! Cant wait to see more of your content ❤

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Thank you! I agree Asuka is super well written! Thanks for watching!

[@ELpacodelosCOJONEs]

This is my favorite episode of the series, it really develops Asuka as a character and it also has two of the best scenes in the anime (Asuka´s elevator rant and Asuka´s mental breakdown), this episode would be perfect if it wasn´t 29 minutes, and some of the filler scenes where cutted.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

I agree this is one of the best in the series! Thanks for watching!

[@juliakaplan7998]

The core philosophical question asked by this show is, “Do we suffer such agony because, as beings with individual consciousnesses, we are doomed to never be fully understood by others?” Asuka’s character is a direct reflection of this philosophy, because we as an audience never ask WHY Asuka behaves the way she does, we choose to see her through a black-and-white lens, that she’s just rude and mean because she’s a shitty person, and as a result we hate her for it. This is exactly what people do in real life. This series challenges us to ask ourselves, is ANYONE simply a bad person? And to notice that when you finally do try to understand Asuka, suddenly that hate you felt for her goes away, and is replaced by compassion.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

This is a good breakdown of the show, and specifically this episodes themes. It’s all about understanding why people are the way they are.

[@Z3r0-if3yk]

Tbh asuka is the most relatable and interesting character in the show,it shows how being mentally ill teenager girl feels being alone with ur own thoughts.When the first time I watched and read Eva I hated her until some episodes I realized how I could relate to her

[@spacecowboy3569]

I just rewatched this episode a few days ago and I think it became my favorite of the series, surpassing ep. 9 and 24. The extended lenght really gave this the gut punch it was always building up to

[@NickRowleyFilms]

I agree about the length. Episode 24 is still my fav tho

[@ACEBOLT-y4r]

When I watched this episode it nearly made me cry since it’s so dark I’m glad u are explaining this episode

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@ACEBOLT-y4r yeah it’s a messed up episode. Thanks for watching!

[@A.Bahumat13]

I came here from Battle Cats... Now i wanna understand the entire Evangel lore

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@A.Bahumat13 watch the show and movies! There are some great videos explaining them too

[@A.Bahumat13]

@@NickRowleyFilms the lore goes crazy, Especially when the guy that controls Eva-01 sacrifices itself

[@Gavinnnovido33441]

​@@A.Bahumat13 good luck understanding Evangelion lore

[@bosco9831]

Dude i see you in so many Battle cats youtubers and now youre also at Evangelion vids too?? Coincidence 😭

[@A.Bahumat13]

@@bosco9831 tbh I don't discriminate any content whatsoever and watch whatever I see that has references or has something to do with Battle Cats In this case I watched Evangelion cuz of the collab

[@suchy8150]

I only watched the show lately and this was one of the only episodes I watched late in the night. I watched it alone, at 3 AM and it really hit harder than any other episode for me. It made me want to go to sleep, scared of what might come next.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Understandable, this episode could freak anyone out. Thanks for watching!

[@suchy8150]

@@NickRowleyFilms I still have the dialogue of Asuka's mother telling Asuka to die with her in my head. Truly horrifying considering it's considered 13+ on Netflix and was made in the 90s.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Yes, that’s a truly disturbing moment.

[@agenericguy1014]

Ngl,this episode REALLY made me feel bad for Asuka and made me feel horrible for hating on her. Seeing her screaming,writhing and crying in pain as the the constant flashbacks of her past floods her mind was...unnerving

[@NickRowleyFilms]

It’s the episode that punishes you for hating her the whole series….

[@Matheus-ki9zo]

You know... Asuka's struggles are way too personal for me. One of my biggest crushes and eventually partner in life was a girl just like her. Shielded herself from others, was absolutely toxic, and just a small pint of affection was enough to launch her on explosive and unpredictable behavior. But then, just sometimes, vulnerability escaped through her and she let me know how much she appreciated me. I came to realise she was deeply in love with me as well only after we split apart, after high school, and that was the way she used to show it: by showing me what was going on inside her. She had a terrible family, being school mates, I had the chance of seeing them myself. Every time I think I would help Asuka and just try to show her how much I "look at her", I remember this girl and think "Oh yeah... I have tried that before." Loving her has scarred me for life.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

It’s crazy how realistic and relatable Asuka’s pain is…

[@TheHimikoToga]

on the first time i watched the show, the scene where asuka gets hit with the beam literally scared me so bad especially with the music in the scene adding so much more dramatic tone to it paired with her screams

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@TheHimikoToga her screams are horrifying. Thanks for watching!

[@Ortium]

This show truly makes you appreciate the realism in it , shinji and asuka are intentionally designed not to be loved by fans or anime watchers , yet both are incredibly weol written , the quality of the characters cast in this show is insanely good

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Exactly, so well done! They are loved by fans not because of how great they are, but because they are so real. Thanks for watching!

[@Neofung87]

I love how they have the most depressing and complicated story And then collabs with battle cats (Sulking because I only got the angel Ubers)

[@NickRowleyFilms]

I love how Evangelion is such a pop culture phenomenon and has crossed over with almost everything, at least in Japan, despite the show being hard to understand and dark af.

[@mattugoji4321]

​@@NickRowleyFilms including big radioactive lizard, shwatche man and rider still thinking covid is happening

[@keenon8423]

When I first watched the episode the moment I vividly remember is her mind being broke down that scene was terrifying.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

It really hurts when she says her mind is being defiled imo. Absolute agony.

[@Ssadbutradd]

I just found this channel and thank you for covering this anime so many years later. It’s genuinely one of the most beautiful/complex/complicated pieces of art I’ve come across

[@NickRowleyFilms]

No problem! It’s one of my favs. Thanks for watching!

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

Even though its probably because shes a ghost of her past I always felt it that child Asuka being blue when confronting her present self was her seeing her past self as a doll; as in how she views Rei. She saw a time where she wasn't carrying her own struggles and lived under the thumb of her parents; much like how Rei lives under the thumb of Gendo (A technical father, and unbenknowst to Asuka he is a distant, distorted lover) and lives fufilling Gendo's goals rather than her own. Not only does she hate Rei and calls her a doll to bury the pain of how her mother treated her; she complains to run away from herself. (Ritsuko strangling Rei can therefore be a mirror of Asuka's mother strangling the doll. Both frightened to deterioration by heartbreak) ... Putting all of this into words just made me realize how this interpretation is very miniscule and mostly loops back to the same conclusion. But I guess thats the point of this imagery. It adds without distracting.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@randomguyontheinternet7940 wow, this is a great interpretation. You should be making video essays haha.

[@xjt5998]

Well this was a twist. She had such a great presentation as a character like ex: independent, strong willed, that i would never imagine her having this hard mental problems. It was heartbreaking to see her fall as hard as she did.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Exactly. You never know what someone is going through.

[@LastRecs]

Imagine being 14 years old ,and you have this many things in you head

[@NickRowleyFilms]

True, it would suck

[@Fallen2014]

I think one of the things that’s most important to recognize and appreciate about asuka as a character is kinda her function in the show, ultimately she is a perfect mirror of shinji, their traumas are relatively the same but their approach to dealing with them are perfect opposites, asuka is the logical extreme in the opposite direction of shinji she’s someone who blames only themselves but lashes out constantly because of her issues ultimately leading to a self destructive and self sabotaging cycle, and ultimately I think that’s why I enjoy her character the most even though she can be so insufferable at times theirs just something so intriguing about a character is so personally responsible to an absolute fault

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Fallen2014 you bring up an interesting point, they do have very similar traumas. Thanks for watching!

[@sober_katz]

i started watching eva at the start of August this year and finished it in only a week. i had known about it for a while but was never too interested in watching it until then. it's now one of my top three favorite anime, along with soul eater and yu yu hakusho :) (yup, i'm a fan of the classics lol. mainly cause i grew up with them thanks to my oldest brother) but i am not lying when i say this episode screwed me up mentally for about 2 days. i had to pause the series for a bit to prepare myself for the next ep. never have i had such an insanely strong reaction to an anime flashback scene of all things in my life. the saddest part for me personally was how i could relate to the "i'm not a child! i grew up faster than other people!" line. i'm in my mid-late teens and i feel so pressured to grow up it's not even funny.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Glad you enjoyed the show!

[@badassproductions4734]

I remember feeling so bad for Asuka 😢

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Same, I still feel bad.

[@GabrielOrSmth]

Well GODDAMN Asuka’s Eva was stabbed, got it’s guts ripped out, impaled countless times, Brutally tortured and FINALLY DIES. Is this what pure pain feels like in Evangelion?

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Yep

[@langustajableczna]

Except for Rei, every single characters lies and hides things. Asuka got the worst of it because she doesn’t ask for what she wants. She wants to be treated well and be loved, but wants people to do it in ways she wants on their own, when they can’t know that. She doesn’t think people care about her, because they don’t express it in a way she longs for and when she wants it. This is the tragedy of her psyche and why she became comatose. She is THE character that would benefit greatly from an honest conversation. I wish she had more scenes with Rei and they would understand each other better and became friends. They have a lot in common. But they couldn’t have done that bc if Asuka knew what Gendo was doing with Rei, she would have simply bitten his head off like Yui in EoE. Asuka behaves realistically for a traumatised, mentally ill girl with very shallow and low self esteem, no sense of inherent worth and identity (well she’s 14 so it’s normal), big emotions, destructive tendencies and overthinking.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Yeah I wish her and Rei could’ve been friends.

[@langustajableczna]

@@NickRowleyFilms I think I remember Anno saying that he isn’t very secure with writing female exclusive issues, like Asuka and her period, he asked a female colleague for input about that. So even if he thought about Rei and Asuka opening up to themselves, he would not do it anyway since it’s two teen girls dealing with complex things they don’t understand fully yet

[@AdityaSingh-oh2fw]

How did she recovered ? It’s still unclear to so many of us, what were those abstract memories she had..

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Those memories were abstract but clear that there was lots of trauma in her life. I’m not sure how she recovered in end of Evangelion from this

[@coolsceegaming6178]

Thank fuck I am not the only one who felt INCREDIBLY uncomfortable for this episode. The fucking big chungus Asuka was more palatable

[@NickRowleyFilms]

This episode made me uncomfortable but it’s one of the best. Magma Diver episode was boring imo.

[@coolsceegaming6178]

@@NickRowleyFilms absolutely. It is easily one of the best I’ve seen and finally broke down the wall as to why asuka is such a bitch to shinji so often, but it is also one that I genuinely felt like skipping

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@coolsceegaming6178 understandable, it’s a hard watch

[@mikederdrache3305]

I think the reason why I don’t like mecha anime is because I watched evangelion at 10 yr old. This was definitely too much for a child to watch let alone the first in its genre.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@mikederdrache3305 yeah this show is not for 10 year olds lol. I’m sorry you went through it.

[@luctube6591]

My brother is 10 years old, he watched it and he’s perfectly fine

[@Simon_Dunkaccino]

@@luctube6591 hoo boy…

[@luctube6591]

@@Simon_Dunkaccino what is that supposed to mean

[@saberbestgirl20]

damn the upload date of this video is uncanny

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Why? It’s just September 1st

[@jackyy3]

??

[@bimates2690]

Not sure if I agree with that text in the thumbnail, but I understand. Still doesn’t excuse how she treats others, trauma doesn’t excuse that, but it’s a reasoning on why she acts like this.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

The reason I put that text in the thumbnail is because she says her brain is being “defiled.” I agree that it doesn’t excuse how she treats others.

[@bimates2690]

@@NickRowleyFilms Got it, thanks for explaining.

[@averytherockgod9822]

YOUR MOTHER HUNG HERSELF‼️‼️ RAAAAAAAAAHHH‼️‼️‼️‼️ 🗣🔥🗣🔥

[@maynetiong4030]

I just finished the ori Eva around 2 months ago, that face of her seeing her mom died still haunted me till these days.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

It’s very disturbing. Thanks for watching!

[@notsotastysandwich8205]

god i hate evangelion for what it did to me, i'll never be the same.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Me too. Thanks for watching.

[@stop.followingme]

Wdym? Like it’s dark ig but it’s ending is so satisfying (mostly talking about end of Evangelion) like I watch it when I’m sad sometimes

[@anthonywalker6268]

Can I point out this happened to shinji twice at this point. 1st when he had unit 1 go berserk and fused with it, and second when he got ate by the shadow angel.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Yeah, it did, but not like this IMO. This was darker than Shinji's mind-attack scenes.

[@Somthingliminal]

Asuka is my second favorite charecter this episode was sad

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Somthingliminal agreed, one of the saddest episodes, the total breakdown of Asuka

[@ColonelJB]

Idk why but I fkn hated Asuka because of here stepping on Toji’s Hat and I didn’t do anything to change that feeling💀😭🙏

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@ColonelJB I get it but it at least explains the reason she is the way she is

[@matthewackermanaski9687]

Call me sadistic, but i like that mindrape scene. It is the most brutal dissection of a narcissist that I've ever seen anywhere else. (I had an asuka character in my life or rather unfortunately, still have. and to be specific, someone that should've been a parental figure...) I get that Asuka should be pitied, but when someone makes your life miserable just because they hate themselves...it's really hard to have empathy for them. :/

[@ssharkiggo6432]

Glad she didn’t spend anytime in the hospital this episode though

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Same

[@catmachine109]

what a nice birthday gift!

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Happy Birthday!

[@EvilP]

The elevator video has been taken down 🙁

[@NickRowleyFilms]

It’s just blocked in some countries sadly

[@Thatgoober403]

@@NickRowleyFilmswhy?

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Thatgoober403 blame Khara (animation studio that owns Evangelion). They are the ones who blocked it in many countries. It’s just because I used footage from the show and movies. It’s unfair but it’s whatever, I tried to get around it and it still didn’t work.

[@Thatgoober403]

@@NickRowleyFilms oh ok

[@denisa.6793]

So Asuka experienced several consecutive failures at romantic and professional fronts, and combined with a confrontation of a rational desire to be alone with instictive desire to not be, it led her to depressive state.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Yep

[@lidef6888]

and shinji wholesomely visits her at the hospital

[@NickRowleyFilms]

😂😂😂

[@Shard_vs]

one of if not my favourite episode

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Shard_vs agreed. Thanks for watching!

[@edpscupcake]

she js like me fr but this episode ruined me omg it made me feel awful for a week

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Evangelion does that lol. Thanks for watching!

[@YoriichiEvA]

The episode where the hallelujah song just starts 😭

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Yeah lmaooo

[@CkibidiSum]

Asuka is almost literally me. Without the mental baggage and I live in a country that borders Germany

[@BayHarbourUrinalMan]

Nice video

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Thank you! Thanks for watching!

[@BluuDemon]

Mann🤣 when I tell you I dropped this anime right after this episode…😭 I didn’t pick it up since… it’s been 5 years 😂

[@NickRowleyFilms]

You are missing out imo but I can respect your decision if it’s too mentally overwhelming haha

[@AlexRoivas]

I like the episodes in which the angels try to make contact with the eva pilots and try to communicate

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Me too

[@TwisterzX0_VIII]

I think this is a hint that i need to rewatch eva after so long

[@NickRowleyFilms]

it might be…

[@yumi.8484]

i feel sorry for all the epileptic people who clicked on this video and immediately died

[@NickRowleyFilms]

My bad.

[@scrp6638]

evangelion fans watching another video essay on evangelion (im evangelion fans)

[@NickRowleyFilms]

I have a bunch on this channel if you want more! Thanks for watching!

[@Blahblahblah28504]

The episode that broke Asuka. I'm not surprised you consider this the darkest episode of Evangelion.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Yeah it’s hard to top this. I guess The End Of Evangelion does tho.

[@quangle-zi2oz]

Misato just witnessed all of Asuka's mental decline and decided to do nothing even went so far as lying about her condition to others as having period . I wonder why ? Misato just didn't know mental ill was a thing ?

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@quangle-zi2oz I agree but at the same time the whole world is at stake. They need Asuka to fight. They can’t have her out of commission.

[@ilaibengal6920]

Great video man, really enjoyed it. What song plays at 3:30-3:50?

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Song is Anitmatter by the Westerlies

[@20PINKluvr]

Asuka matured more than other kids her age because of what she went through..

[@robotnikkkk001]

.......WELL,THIS ONE SERVED AS GHOST RIDER .......AND YESS......ON PUNISHER....THIS WOULDVE *_not_* WORK,OF course..HEHE

[@GaTraCos]

I feel sorry for most of the characters. They're all so...sad.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@GaTraCos me too

[@GeometryEX-hp9zs]

I have watched all the episodes of EVA. I have to say that my favorite is still the original TV version, which is the version in 1995. This version has only 26 episodes. But I like the stream of consciousness at the end. It was not until many years after I grew up that I really understood that every character in the plot was in an extreme situation and no one had a better choice. Ikari Shinji chose to escape most of the time. Ironically, in the last LCL Sea, Ikari Shinji recognized himself and decided to break away from this false imagination. The LCL Sea at this time truly expressed the inner thoughts of each character. It was extreme, but also very real, and I liked this part. I still don’t like the content of the new movie version very much. It seems like a forced reconciliation. But humans have not reached this height. In fact, the content of the original TV version is more in line with the dilemma of humans. Asuka needs the recognition of others. I have to say that this demand is really one-sided. Her mother abandoned her, so she tried to be the best to gain recognition and motivation to move forward. It has to be said that in the process of fighting the apostles, Ikari Shinji is an unreliable partner, but Ikari Shinji still drives Asuka forward. So the two of them will have a strange ambiguous relationship. At that ignorant age, Ikari Shinji may not really understand what he is doing, and Asuka is also not very clear about what she is doing. Asuka's impulse is very external. There is a somewhat strange love triangle in the old TV version, because Ayanami Rei was copied from the genes of Ikari Shinji's mother, so this role dislocation made Ikari Shinji choose to escape in the end. But on the other hand, the charm of the old TV version lies in that it dissects the darkest part of human nature. There is selfishness, desire, and even sex. This is a height that the current film and television industry cannot reach. It has been degraded now. I still like the extreme human conflicts in the old version of the plot, and people now seem to not want to face this. Humans are sick most of the time. So the state shown in the animation is actually a normal state. There are not so many rational people in this world. Many people will make extreme choices. I still like the analysis of human nature in the animation at that time. Although they don't have the best painting technology, they are 300% invested in their works.

[@arilsandyawan8083]

i remember watching this episode, but only feel bad for her after she lost her eyes, at this point i can't really hate her after what she being trought

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@arilsandyawan8083it’s hard to hate her after watching this episode

[@LastRecs]

Poor asuka

[@Z0MB13.1]

This makes me like asuka more then hating her

[@NickRowleyFilms]

The whole series makes you hate her until this moment

[@HaLDuri]

Holy these r two paragraphs Hey, sooo Im writing a main character and Asuka rlly inspired me on her! It'll be of a Shoujo genre but a lil spoiler is that the whole plot was just written during my gore-stan days, meaning that now I'm stuck developing my characters. Im horrible with my attention span and started to write this in the middle of the video lol, and I find that Asuka and my MC is quite common. Its a show with (trust me a good ending), taking the selfishness and immaturity of a teenager, Aka the MC, for the life of every human being on earth! ^u^ sooo basically she grew up an orphan in a government orphanage, leading her to work for the government in years after that orphanage gets burnt down. But before the interview for the selected job she attempts suicide by cutting herself, and literally ending up in a pool or I'd say river? Of her own blood which turns into a cloudy sky thats formed with her blood. Approached by two clones of herself they entrust her with the identity of "MOTHER" or, the woman who'll be responsible for every single human's virtues and misdeeds! She's given the sight and ability to hear people who are dead, their secrets and making them repent for it, since thats the easiest way to repent most of the humans she knows.. Thus making her a global corpse washer

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@HaLDuri this is a really cool concept for a story. Keep writing it, I bet it’ll be great, thanks for watching and commenting!

[@HaLDuri]

@@NickRowleyFilms tyyy!

[@dienopeakish]

I fw it

[@krm5164]

(spongebob and patrick going on a roller coaster gif) yeah buddy

[@wakamanbok]

I swear how did the mangaka come up with dis.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@wakamanbok it wasn’t a mangaka. Anno made the anime first. The manga was made by someone else afterwards.

[@wakamanbok]

@@NickRowleyFilms ohhhh then what was he going through?????

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@wakamanbok depression

[@Ugandacountryball]

bro im gettin uncomfortable ngl. watching a single episode of this shi is exhausting ngl

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Ugandacountryball it can be haha

[@beepbeeplettuce_6943]

This is probably my favourite episode of the show, just because it does such a good job of making the viewer very uncomfortable

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@beepbeeplettuce_6943 why it’s one of my favs too!

[@Alfenium]

Gingy talks to Oscar

[@maninthesnow4393]

Wait is kid auska just her normal head on a shorter body

[@NickRowleyFilms]

It’s similar but I think a little different lol

[@Navue-cn2tx]

Why is Evangelion a global sensatiom til now? (I haven't watched it yet)

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Navue-cn2tx Evangelion is popular around the globe because it has influenced a lot of anime and even western media and it was ahead of its time in so many ways.

[@nightlight2499]

Did I watch a different cut of the show? In my version, several of these events didn’t happen

[@NickRowleyFilms]

This is the directors cut version of the episode!

[@AnimeLingri]

Old anime were dark and disturbing ❤ . No those childish shonan anime can beat this

[@NickRowleyFilms]

I think there are some disturbing modern shows but I agree that it was better in the past.

[@wiebahh5304]

does evangelion have different versions or something because i dont remember this at all

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@wiebahh5304 this is the directors cut version of the episode. The final few episodes have directors cuts.

[@star.soirée]

asuka is such a relatable character tf

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@star.soirée I agree! Thanks for watching!

[@ThatDoomedDude]

Hello Amadoor!

[@Zylo69]

i never watched this show but i was wondering is it always like this with like the real life problems and stuff like that or like just some episodes?

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Zylo69 the first half isn’t like this at all, but the second half dives into character traumas and real life problems I’d say.

[@Tip.3245]

Darkest episode of evangelion? I see that stuff everyday. I feel nor pity nor sympathy. I feel blessed for not becoming like them. Maybe thats why i understood N.G.E on first try. My brain and life..is fucked up.

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@Tip.3245 I’m sorry to hear that. Thanks for watching.

[@jeggg1]

should i watch evangelion? will it ruin me like they say?

[@NickRowleyFilms]

i recommend it, but make sure you are in a good headspace.

[@green_leafz]

what is the purple thing the evas are stored in?

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@green_leafz I believe that’s just unit 2’s blood. It’s purple for some reason.

[@GaTraCos]

From the EvaGeeks wiki, " The liquid appears to be used in part to ease the maintenance and repair of the Evas, allowing heavy parts to be floated into place". So probably water or a similar liquid.

[@green_leafz]

link pls?

[@Kangelrz]

I love asuka so much

[@NickRowleyFilms]

She’s a great character! Thanks for watching!

[@matthewlugo2417]

Asuka is the best character in the show and my favorite

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Respectable opinion but kaworu is my fav lol

[@Mangotherango57]

I’ve never even watched evangelion

[@NickRowleyFilms]

You should it’s very good!

[@helloufoundmychannel6055]

Good video but that thumbnail 😭

[@NickRowleyFilms]

I mean it is what happens in the episode

[@MaxPointyMask08]

I feel bad for asuka ngl

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@MaxPointyMask08 same. She suffers a lot in this show. Thanks for watching!

[@MaxPointyMask08]

@@NickRowleyFilms I agree but, she can be an asshole sometimes (I still feel bad for her tho...)

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@MaxPointyMask08 exactly, she shouldn’t be an asshole, but you feel bad for her because of the reason she became an asshole

[@slackin8029]

Can you answer me one thing. Why’d they torture all the characters in this show?

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@slackin8029 I think that’s kinda the point of the show lol

[@slackin8029]

@@NickRowleyFilms 🥲

[@vqvilx]

Wait i havent seen this scene did they take it off??

[@NickRowleyFilms]

this is the director's cut of the episode, so if you haven't seen that version, you might have missed a few scenes.

[@green_leafz]

when was it said that an eva adam cause the the third impact?

[@ThatDoomedDude]

Eagdy much jack?

[@MrCheeseJr]

Talking bout edgy with a pfp like that is some crazy work

[@DangeruNoodles]

Na Shinjy at the Hospital is worse

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@DangeruNoodles that’s the movieeeeee

[@DangeruNoodles]

@@NickRowleyFilms bro you responded so fast like you were ready for someone to comment that 😭😂 like "I wish a MF would say some about that hospital scene I dare you I double dare you MF!"

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@DangeruNoodles nah I’m just bored lol and got the notification

[@DangeruNoodles]

@@NickRowleyFilms I see sooo how have you been same exams done new semester starting in a few weeks

[@NickRowleyFilms]

@@DangeruNoodles just started the new semester today!

[@wold4771]

Why there is an epylepsi warning in a evangelion video XDDDDRF

[@NickRowleyFilms]

Cause people commented about me adding one. So I did. I don’t think they are wrong for wanting to be warned, but Evangelion does have a lot of flashing images.

[@wold4771]

@@NickRowleyFilms thats true

[@robotnikkkk001]

...LETS BE HONEST,THAT'S *_GHOST RIDER'S PENANCE STARE_* .....IF ASUKA WOULDVE BEEN NICE GIRL,IT WOULDNT WORK,SO IF THIS WORKED SHE deserved